Ayl G.'s Profile
Ayl G.
Location: New York, NY
Date Joined: February 3, 2009
Votes: 408
Questions: 21
Questions Answered: 17
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You are currently running for the Senate. One of your opponents, Alan Khazei, is a founder of both City Year and Service Nation. Is a career as a leader in public service-oriented nonprofits a better preparation for a senator than a career in the House of Representatives? Have you done anything equivalent to founding City Year and Service Nation? More
Asked 14 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano (D-MA)
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Do you have concerns about "cloud computing," as a member of the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology? Are Americans going to lose control of their data and their privacy? What are you doing to safeguard the rights of individuals and families? More
Asked 16 weeks 2 days ago of U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-HI)
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As we mark the anniversary of the events that led to the reunification of Germany, how do you rate the chances of reunifying Korea? How should Korean reunification be accomplished, and what role should the United States play in this? More
Asked 16 weeks 2 days ago of U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)
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What does the recent shooting at Fort Hoodarmy base in Texas tell us about the U.S. military? What are the lessons learned? What are you and other legislators doing make sure that we don't have any more incidents of this type? More
Asked 16 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Rep. John Carter (R-TX)
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Today, Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, addressed a joint session of the US Congress about withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. Speaking as a member of the Senate armed services committee, can you describe how we can bring an end to the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, and exactly how soon that can happen? More
Asked 17 weeks 1 day ago of U.S. Sen. Senator James Inhofe (R-OK)
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This is a follow up question to Rep. Doug Lamborn about health care policy. I understand that you would like everyone keep his or her current policy, but what do you propose that we do about the many Americans who currently have no health insurance because they cannot afford (or cannot qualify) for existing health insurance programs? More
Asked 18 weeks 6 days ago of U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
by Ayl G. from New York, NY
Answered
What are your thoughts, four years after Hurricane Katrina, about the federal government's efficacy in assisting residents of Louisiana to recover from a natural disaster? What has worked and what has failed? What should the federal government do differently?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 1 Vote.
Listen to: U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
“Yes this administration has done better by any number of objective judgments. One, the people they’ve appointed are better – they’re more qualified. They’ve restructured the office in New Orleans. They have implemented an arbitration panel. They have moved over a billion dollars of projects through the pipeline in a short period of time. So that’s a “yes” they are doing much better. But the answer is still, in my view, “no” this country is not prepared for a catastrophic disaster.
Answered on Nov 5th, 2009 More
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What do you think are strengths and successes of the Obama administration thus far? Have you changed your mind in favor of any of the policies proposed by Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 5 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ)
“I don’t have any comment on that.” (Reporter: “…just wanting to get your assessment…?”) [no response]
Answered on Nov 5th, 2009 More
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As our federal government becomes more financially indebted to China, it becomes more difficult for us to hold the latter accountable for its human rights violations. How do you propose to address this dilemma?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 5 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
REPORTER’S NOTE: This question was asked and answered amid a cluster of reporters that followed the Speaker as she walked quickly through a crowded Capitol. This accounts for the occasional bumps and slightly breathless quality in the audio. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA): As you may know I visited China in May and had as my guest the Chair of National People’s Congress.
Answered on Oct 26th, 2009 More
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What is your stand on network neutrality? Are there any pending congressional hearings or bills pertaining to network neutrality that you consider consider crucial? What do you advocate in terms of federal policy?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 7 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Well, everything is always prepared to be discussed, but to be very honest with you, the three things we’re doing is: Health, health, and health.
Answered on Oct 15th, 2009 More
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What are you doing to ensure that everyone in the United States has access to affordable health care?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 10 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO)
“So I just think we should let people of America stay on their own plans right now because this so called public option would crowd out everything else very quickly it will be the 800 pound gorilla in the room it will be backed by the people who make all the rules and they will have no incentive to be efficient they will have no responsibility to shareholders or policyholders.”
Answered on Oct 14th, 2009 More
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This is a follow up question to Ron Paul about little children who don't have the food, housing, and health care that they need. Malnourished, homeless, and sick children are a real, serious, and immediate problem in the U.S. Even if the free market will take care of this problem the long run, what do you propose that we do in the short term?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 10 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)
“What we have to do is get the budget back in order and deal with monetary policy. Because people will get poorer when you allow governments to run up deficits and then print money because you wipe out the middle class, you wipe out the poor, because they suffer much more so than Wall Street. Wall Street always gets bailed out. So the only compassionate system is capitalism, free markets, which protects the purchasing power of anybody that has to take care of themselves. But the question is a good practical question because what do you go from the interim.
Answered on Oct 14th, 2009 More
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It seems to me that everyone in the United States (with the possible exception of members of Indian nations) is either an immigrant or is descended from immigrants. Why then do you and your allies regard immigrants as a threat? Shouldn't we be honoring them as fellow Americans who are walking in the footsteps on our own families?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 14 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
This kind of begs the question of why we need to deal dramatically with the issue of immigration reform in this country. I don’t know if it’s as much a cultural fear as it’s become a political phobia. As long as we’re scapegoating immigrants whether it’s for the health care costs Whether it’s for the cost of education, it becomes a convenient excuse not to factually look that impact is actually minimal to say the least. It’s frustrating because it’s used as a political bludgeon as opposed to actually looking at this rationally or factually.
Answered on Oct 8th, 2009 More
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Do you still think that Barack Obama lied about his health care proposal?
Asked by: Ayl G. from New York, NY. Received 61 Votes.
Listen to: U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
It’s something to always keep an eye on. And so, I’m very concerned with the conflicting information I’ve received in the Senate bill, I’m not sure with the final version in the House bill, but the American people need to truly look at it and read it as I did, read it carefully and then look for where there is actual verification. And it’s really not difficult and that is we have drinking ages for alcohol abuse in America, 21-years-old, but there’s always verification. You have to show your driver’s license and so that’s all we’re asking that there would be verification.
Answered on Oct 8th, 2009 More
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